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No. 674,356. 7 Patented May I4, I90]. H. P. FEISTER.

PRINTING PRESS.

(Application fi led Aug. 31, 1899.}

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No. 674,356. Patented May l4, I90I. H. P. FEISTER.

PRINTING PRESS.

Application filed Aug. 31, 1899.)

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No. 674,356. Patented May l4, 19m.

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PRINTING PRESS.

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Patented May l4, I901.

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No. 674,356. Patented May 14, MIL H. P. FEISTER.

PRINTING PRESS.

(Application filed Aug. 31, 1899.)

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@N @NKN Tm: 'nonn upon the opposite side, as is customary in percylinders.

web of paper uponthe lower side and the fecting printing-presses. The printed web then passes between two sets of numbering- One of these sets numbers the other set numbers it upon the upper side and in properrelative position to the printed matter. As shown in Fig. 1,13 represents the numbering-cylinders, ,and B. represents the impression-cylinders therefor. After the web has been thus printedand' numbered upon -both sides it passes between the creasingor perforating cylinders C, which produce weakened portions in the web, corresponding to the dotted lines 18* and 49 in Fig. 18, the said weakened or perforated portions permitting the paper to be readily folded upon defi nite lines and also readily-torn apart when 4 ,the slip is D,-which may consist of a series of disks,

used in'p ractice. After leaving these creasing or perforating cylinders the webis drawn through the feeding-cylinders which operatev upon the paper in lines intermediate of therow's of printed matter, so as not to blur the printing. The web thenpasses between the feeding cylinders or disks '6 6,,

which may be made inanysuitable manner,

and whilebeing held between saidyfeeding cylinders the web is slit' longitudinally by a series of slitting-cutters E,-of any well known construction. I The web F is then in a printed condition, both printed and nu lnbered, and

U slit longitudinally and also weakened at in'-.

' folding. mechanism fzag mannersheets-fifty, for exampletp subdivide the web-strips to constitute books.

strips are received in the packers Lfrom which tervals transversely. It'then passes over the guide-rolls G and thence downward to the folding mechanism. (Shown in Fig. P.) The I 'H' thus illustrated operates u'ponjthe web-strips to fold them in a zigand upon a given number .of

The folded v l ybe taken as desired.

j arefour sets of numbering mechanism 23, a1

I wi-llnow'refer more specifically to the parts constituting the numbering, creasing or perferating,.and the folding devices. Each of the numbering- -cylinders B'- consists, essen tially, of a shaft 20, journaled in the main frame R and having'near each end ahead 21, upon which is anism proper, and on each cylinder B there ranged about. the periphery, as shownin Fig.

10,.from which it'will be observed that the der, because two-numbers said numbering mechanism are not equispaced about the circumference of the cylinare to be printed upon one' face of the web constituting one of the-sheets in the finished book and to be separated from the next two numbers on the same face of the web-by a space equal to the length of one of the sheets, (which isnunibered upon J the oppesite side by the. second set of nu|n-.

heringsw heels.)

'Bydeseribing one ofthe numbering devices itwill sufice as the description for all of them.

' :24 m a shaft jotrihaled in the heads 21 and in Fig.9.

a roller 28, which works in the groove of a ing-wheel 32,

carried thenumbering mech having at one end a notched wheel 30, in the notches of which a spring-pawl operates to prevent theshaft from accidentally being turned. .The other end of the shaft '24-is provided with a ratchet-wheel25, and an arm 26,

carrying a spring-actuated pawl 27, operating in connection with the ratchet-wheeLas' shown This arm 26'carries at its free end wheel 32 is a second numbering-wheel 33.' These two numbering-wheels constitute the numbering-units23 and change their posi-- tions relatively to each other to bring the;

proper .type into consecutive position to print all the numbers properly upon't he web of pae ing-cylinders 32 and 33 are provided with the The outer periphery of these numbertype, as clearly shown inFigs'. 11,12, and 13,

and the arrangementof the type on these cylinders is substantially as indicated in Fig. 14,

from which it will be seen that on one of the cylinders the type prints from 1-to 9, and then .0,, while upon the other cylinder there is one-blank space, then consecutive numbers arranged in pairs'-thus: l 1, 2 2,

33,-, 4= 4:, and 5i-the reason of which v Arranged wit-hinthe nurnbering cylinder 32 is a pivoted lever will be explainedlater on 35, having a spring 36, whichfo'rc'es the opposite end inward. This end carries a laterally-projecting part extending through the side wall 'of the wheeiand terminating in the roller 37, which operates against the the cam 34;, secured to the disk22.

to be moved inward andoutward at stated intervals. The free end of the arm 35 on its face of p p As the' shaft 20, with" the wheel '32, rotates it is evident that the roller 37, operating in connecr; tion with the cam 34, will cause the arm 35 I y connection'wi-th a notched disk 40,secur.ed

uponthe inside ofthe nunibering-whee'l-33. V When detent 38 ent'e'rs'a notch of the disk 40,

as indicated-in Fig. 12, the turning of the shaft 20 will move both of'theh'umberingwheels 32'and 33. 'This will only take place when the roller 37 is over the flattened portion' of the cam 34'; At all other portions of the revolution of the shaft 20 the detent will be held out of contact with the' notched disk 40 and the numbering-wheel 33 will remainstationary relatively to the shaft 20 and: the

disk, 22. The outer part of the wheel 33 is also provided with a notched disk 41, inthe notches of which"spring-actuated'pawl 42 0p-' eratesto prevent the said wheel 33 from accidentally turning when not positively driven by the, action of the detent'3 8.

. will now I 15 near side carries detent-38, which operates in be. observed that as the shaft 2 Oj=rotates and with'j it' the numberingmechanisni', theiac ftionof theearn29 "will, through the pawl and r atch'e't ee mnismcsusethe shaft 24' the 'wheelj32 tor-rotate" intermittently a portib'n-of a revolution with each full revo -lotion 'o f gthenumbering-cylinder,Bf. Aifter' een made; the nu in L have made one revolutenjrevoluti'ons hav tion 'with its shaft -24,*an'd incompletin the latter- 1 portion of "this rei'z'olutionit will have tened portion'of the earn 34; andztherebylock the two wheels 32 and 3 together. Upon the'next intermittent rotation of the shaft 241 both wheels'32-and 33willmoVe into printing position, 'so'as to print .10.

; v I} Wil ll l-t-ll QnZ Gxlfi: intermittent movementjof f the shaft 24 the twofwhe'els 32 and sswin. still be jloekedto 'geth'er and will co ne intoposition to print 111? "'Thenext intermittent forward n'otion' ofthe shaft 24 releases the wheel 33, but gives 1 the 'wheel32' an intermittent movement for;

wardpso that'the next number pri'n ted-i andsoon. Itwillnowhe observed th 1;

" -cause it is practically ne'ees'saryto movethe *wheel 33 m ore than a single's'paeefin its u s, .bering to secure its movement from the operationof the wheel 32; Furth'ermore,it will be observed -that' the space following the fig nre '5;"is left blank, because the highest numher is 50, and all after that begin with the be no}typeto print from 'thewheel 33;

Owing to the fact that there are, four sets numeral .l, and at that:v time ithere innst" of number g-Khomeoneachf of the cyl-in- Mrs B' itfis 'eonvenient to operate two-of these sets from one end and two I from; the otherp Oo-nseqiiently I arrangethe'operating cams, pawls; and ratchet-wheels'for-.two.,of

th'e eorresponding partsf frorn' the. other two sets at the opposite-fend. This is clearly divisional application, Serial No. 2 1;060, filed June 21 1900. r i e e Referring now? to the. creasing; or perforat- 'ing-linechan-ismshown in Figs. 5 andz6; this part of theapparatus consists "of-two cylin d'ers 43, about theperip'hery of which are arrang'ed'at intervalsthe-serrated blades 48and 49. One of the'cylinders-is provided onone side with the two serrated'blades 48, arranged {the sets at -one end-of the cylinder B"-"a'nd" .at aCsmall distance apart; and onthe side" 5 1 .a'block 44." "Theother of the cylinders 43 is construct-ed substantially "similar toithe one dia metrically oppositewithasecondand similar set of-serratedbl'ades 148,.i .The surface of the-cylinder intermediate of these serrated iblades48 '48 is providedwi'th a copper sheet :47, the ends of hichare clamped at 45 and;

46 and-the intermediate portion raised over cylinders consist, essentially'gof arses just described with the exception that it is v provided only'wi'th a single serrated blade.

49- on diametrically opposite Tsides. These cylinders are geared together, and asthey rotate the blades 48 and 49 alteruatelyoperare in conjunction with the copper sheets 47 of. the opposite cylinderto produce animpression orfperfoi'ation', as the case may. he,

upon the paperweh passing between them. i

The edect of this is that, Lhe seri-ated blades eration'oi thelser'rated blades 49in 'conI i'ec- =48 prodlieethe weakened-portions 48 lof the -paperstrin; as-shown in Fig. '18,.andthe option with the copper strip 47'ofithe other cyl- .i'n'der produces the weakened portion49 of the paperstrip, as shown in Fig.118. will beiobserved that thefimpression:upon the *paperbythese blades48 and- 49 are made uponjopposite sides, so thatjthe paper may "be readilyfolded in'a zigzag manner, as deseri-bed'he'rei'nafteri creased or perforated transversely inythe mana series of feeding-rolls D, already referred to,l'thence through a feeding' roll e, and issplit longitudinally into a 'seriesofslips, each of whichis of the narrow shape. indicated in FigjlS. The splitting of the web is being "performed by a seriesof cutting-disks upon the rolls :The'seo'ond-set of feeding rolls e thefolding-mec a m-f. "Referring, now to the foldinginechanisin;

na-led upon the transverse shafts 691 of disks fastened upon the'shaft 69, as illus- {t'rated'in- Fig. 2, and journaledjn thesedisks near the periphery are a series of transverse rock-shaft'si52, upoii-which areseoured folding-blades 51. One of the ends of these'shafts Afterthe-paper web has been printed and 9 n'er aboyedescribed it is then'fed forward-by 3 receivethe splitweb and guide itl'o'the giiide-' rollG,'froin-whioh it, extends rearwardlyto' I00 itConiiiSlSOftwo'cyliudrical frames50,jour- The 5'2 is provided with crank-arms 53, having rollers Whichare guided in the stationary 1 chine; As the cylinders rotate the cams cause the 'rockfshaftsito oscillate or rock inthat manner to insure the blades 51 operating in 'cains 54,.boltedft0 themain-fralne of the ma- 'the'requisite manner to properly receive the paper web", so that the transverse creasesor perforationstherein shall lie u'ponthe outer edgesiot-the blades 51', as indieaIedin Eigs/ ljand' 15. The earns 54'. are so shaped *that they cause the; blades 51 to adjust themselves at the time they are operating upori'fthjepzv per, as will be apparent'from examination of 3 Fig. l z-j The two cylinders '50 are geared. to-

gether by spur-gea'ring-S',so that they-revolve in opposite direotions,, and the bladesfo-l of 'j-aoentblades ofthe other cylinder, and vice versa, sotliat the said blades fold the paper into zigzag 'shapeand pos'itivelyinsure the creasingand folding ofthe paper-at the proper places.

'o11e cylinder-pass into the spaces between ad- As the 'papris-folded into a zigzag conditionit is fed do nwsrappon; the guides I 70 by the most rearward cylinder and blades andis received by a packer 71 at the rear of the machine. The guides 70 are formed:of

flat'curved bladeshavinghubs,through which a supporting-bolt 74 passes for holding them into position. 'I would furthermore add that the blades 51 are slotted, as at 75, Fig. 2, so

that .the guides may pass through the blades.

'An additional upper 'series'of guide-plates 76 ,are employed to. prevent thefolded strips from riding upward or being carried upward.

by the ascending blades during their rotation.

X These guides 76 also pass through the slots 75 of the blades 51.

As the cylinders. shown each contain 't en; blades, it is evident that a single revolution.

. of thesecylinders will fold te'n pages; but as the books are supposed tocontain fifty pages provision must be made to sever the longitudinal strips or webs after-the said cylinders have made five revolutions or multiples-of five. -.To accomplish this, I employ the following construction: One of the blades 51 of versely it is also pushed oi'itward, and vice" 4 oneof the cylinders is provided with a-double outer cutting edge 57 constituting two par-- allel sharp edges over which the paper is stretched, as clearlyshown in Fig. 15. The other cylinders are provided with a blade '56, which is moved outward and transversely to produce a drawing cut. The cutting edge.

of this blade passes between the two cutting edges 57 of the blade of the other cylinder. The cutting-blade 56 is secured to the trans: verse bar 55, which is guided upon. oblique cam-guides 59, so that whenit is shifted transversa. A spring 53 moves the bar 5 5 in one direction to retract the cutting-blade and a "cam61, having the projection 62, which op-v crates upon a roller'60 on the bar 55 to move said bar transverselyagainst the action of the pring, and 'so as to project the cutting-blades outwardly. The cam 61 is'connected to a shaft 63, journaled in the main frame -R of the machine. and provided on the'other end with a ratchet-wheel 64, havingfive teeth, as

clearly shown in Fig. 1f. A pawl 65 operates in connection with a ratchet-wheel 64 and is carried-upon the upper endofa rocking arm 66, which is-movedforward under-theim pulse of a cam 68 on the shaft-69 of the op-' posite cylinder 50. A counterweight 67 may retract the pawl' and so as to makethe arm'- 4 66 follow the cam. 68.- It will 'now be seen that uponthe shaft 69, together'with its cylinder makingfiv'e revolutions, the :cam 61 will be moved at the right time to cause the projection 62 thereof to thrust outwardly-the blade- 56 just as it comes in line with the double cutter-blades 57 on the opposite cylinder. This severs the several strips immediately at the juncture of two adjacent sheets-'- namely, between sheets which are numbered 1 .-and 50. As soon as the paper is severed the roller 60 moves ofi the cam projection 62 and thecutten, 56 isretracted.

I this manner the series of zigzag strips which A may be required.

these .figures is that-which relates to those the gearing between slitting-rolls. The several setsof gears M, L, K','and N are coupled 'ing-rolls e'are'driven from the slitting-rolls by any suitable power-transmitting devices.

are passing through the folding mechanism are subdivided at points .corresponding to fifty pages of folds; and this is done during the act of folding, so that the blades 51 are acting upon the-web on both sides of the place ofsevera'nce, and thereby retains the custody, of the paper web upon each side of the di vision. The paper is fed down over the guides and under the guides 76. The blades 51 change their angle and gradually draw'upward and away from the folded paper. The

paper in the folded condition, as at I, presses upon the series of packers 71,which are guided in themain frame of the machine and drawn .forward by cords 72, counterweightedat 73. In thisnnanner-there is always a resistance to the backward packing of the paper at I, and yet at the same time the packers 7.1 give way. under the backward movement of the folded paper.- From time to time the folded paper is removedfrom in front of. the packers, as

It is evident that in a machine of this char- 9o actor. all of the movable parts must be timed.

so as to coact or operate in unison; Thisis accomplished by providing the ends of the rotating shafts with suitable gearing, which is shown in} Figs. ,3 and4. The'gearing in parts of the machine which'treat; the paper'- Webafter the web has'been printed upon both sides and readyf'ornumbering. M. rep-' resents the gearing between the first pair otroe numberingfcyli'nders BB. 'Lis' the gearing between the second pair of numbering-'cylin ders B B. .K is the gearing between the creasing or perforating rolls.(l. N is the gearing between the feeding-rolls D; P is.

byintermediate gears J A further inter-' mediate gearJ and a pinion P transmits m0 tion tot-he slitting rolls from the feedingrolls. A still further pair of intermediate rolls J and P and al'arge spur-gear O trans-- 'mit power from the'slitting-rolls to one of the shafts69 of the folding-cylinders The feed- WhileI- prefer the construction illustrated.

'as being excellently adapted to the purpose of the invention, I do not limit myself to the minor details thereof, as they may be modified in various ways without departing from the principles of my invention, I -Having now described my invention,wh at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, -is. r I

1. ma printing-press the-combination of means for printing and numbering aweb of paper, with a pair of creasing-cylinders oneofwh ich is provided with a projecting or creasing blade arranged. transversely to the travel of the web of paper and the other' pro- 'vided with arem'ovab-le sheet of ductile ma- "terial n pon' which the blade presses'in creasing,

' time paper, d m ansforfolding the creased web of paper'ou the lines 'of'thec'reases;

2. In a printing-machine the combination v j of means .for' printing upon both sides of a web of paper, with two folding-cylinders each having a series of radiallysprojecting,blades adapted to operate in conjunction so that the blades of one cylinder are received in the spaces between the blades of the other cylin L der and vice versa, cam devices" for adj 11stit -in gth blad'es during the, rotation of the cylinders while'folding the web of paper, cuts ting devices for severing the web of paper while passing between the two folding-cylinders,-cam mechanism for throwing the cutters into operation, and means controlled by, the'rotation of the cylinders for causing a of the folding-cylinders.

- Witnesses: v

cam mechanism to be joperative for a short period after a given number of j In a printing-machine the combination of means for printing a Web of paper, with a pair of folding-cylinders each provided 'with -a series of rock-shaftscarrying radially-pro- I revolutions jecting blades one of the blades of one'of the cylinders being provided with a cutting edge, a transverse cutter carried by the other cylinder, cam mechanism for forcing the lastmentioned cutter-blade outwardly into cutting position, andmeans for bringing the cam :into operative position after a given number of revolutions of the folding-cylinders whereby the web of paper may be severed after a given number of folds have been prodi ced upon the web.

In testimony of whichirivention'l have here- I 

